Ohh well, this needs alot of patience. You are doing a great work. Patience is a virtue. Keep it up. Waoooo waoooo waoooo. Good teaching

Very enjoyable. I haven’t been in that area for a little while and it didn’t take long to recognise it. More videos please. Thank you.

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Great. I love the soft music. Great work nanasinfo

I love how the digital route indicator mimics a roller blind ! Funky !

Great vid chief 👌🏾 these E400MMC hybrids seem to have a decent turn of pace

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

Apart from the seat, their one of the best to drive

keep making these great bus videos really good stuff and enjoy watching them

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Omg...this will help me so much, thanks for making this video. I cant wait to join Stagecoach London and drive one of my favourite Buses and routes.

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! what's your best bus route?

@BusTrainsGuy18

4 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo The 96, 199, 75

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

@@BusTrainsGuy18 You dont like the LTZ, the RouteMasters? 199 is a chilled route

@BusTrainsGuy18

4 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo I like the NRM's but recently they sounded so different before they had there Engines fitted batteries and then with Diesel fuel, so I do love them but I miss the Battery sound engines so much.

18:34 the Range Rover was moving out so it could get its invisible 40ft trailer around the corner

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

They say you have to regard everyone that drives a car as mad people in return that means you have to drive every other person's car if you understand what I mean

I drive a shuttle bus for the United States Postal Service in Boston, Mass. we have DOT regs that governs the safety operation of our vehicles.

Please do more! Great video!

@nanaSinfo

6 ай бұрын

More to come!

Great video.☺️

Very good content👍

Nice video keep it up I love your video is good quality keep it up and don't give up also this really help me thank you. Your are best KZreadr

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

You are the best

@TawheedRahmanBengali

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo Thank you

Super Enjoyable Gg Pls make more

Bro great vlog, keep it up

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers m8, saw you came back to the buses. We all want to do what we dream off but life is all about now, you can't predict tomorrow. We appreciate we have the experience of driving BISES because it's always there to fall back on when things don't work out.

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

Go Ahead is still better than Abellio though 😂

More vids like this please! Didn’t realise N89 and N21 cross linked

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

More videos coming. Yes we do drive the 21, N21 and N89 the same day in some duties. That is 3 different routes in a day

@HACKERHITMARKER333

3 жыл бұрын

nanaSinfo Whats ur fav route to drive

Great vid

Watching these because I'm somewhat to my surprise I'm missing doing my job. On furlough for the second time now, I usually drive the 006, 007, 022 and 021 National express services, very familiar sight the 21s and n21s! Who knows, we might have let each other pull out in the past.

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

do you prefer the london buses to national express? what about the wages?

@sjoerdvanoudenaren6020

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo never worked for any of the London bus operators personally, I live down in Kent so it'd be too far. Personally I think I'd prefer the NX work due to the longer distance, less stops and all but the downside is having to deal with a lot of luggage and fake tickets etc.. Days can be ridiculously long too. (17 hour dual manned shifts and all)

@sjoerdvanoudenaren6020

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo on the topic of wages, I get 11.90 an hour and am contracted 39 hours a week. Often end up doing 45ish hours instead. And currently furloughed of course.. Spend over 6 months of this year furloughed (with a a break for some actual work in the middle..) What are the wages in london like? Of course the 11.90 does further in kent then it would closer to London.

@thebananacraft7298

3 жыл бұрын

London bus drivers have it way easier in London all you need to worry about is driving, we have to drive and sort out cash and everything else plus we have all ex London buses so getting up to 50mhp scares them as they normally do only 30mhp lol . You forgot to check the emergency stop bus for the Engine we always do it when I’m taking a bus out

The only route ive been on is the 144 to liverpool street from albert Embankment but those buses are lovely to ride on

Hi Nana, if a horn is insecure with the likelihood of it detaching being imminent then that's an immediate PG9 prohibition. If the horn doesn't work then that's a delayed PG9 prohibition :) (that's what I found on the government website on a document all about those sorts of things. Very confusing stuff!)

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

very confusing stuff to be honest but regardless i never drive a bus without horn. i have been in situations where having a horn could save a life. Go Ahead policy when i join the company a few years ago says if your not comfortable taking a bus out, get it changed.

@GODFIRST43

8 ай бұрын

@@nanaSinfo agreed! Definitely not worth driving without horn. Too many crazy people ready to run in front of bus

very good video i like it

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

Nice video

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

thanks alot, I have 2 more coming soon.

Good video am a bus driver in west yorkshire our bus is very different to london buses

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I know, you guys enter and exit from the front right?

@billy6047

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah great video. Am a bus driver too. Have a KZread video about driving in Australia. Find it under #billythebusdriver :)

Great content interesting to see NX garage. When am down south area passi g new Cross Gate i pass NX

@nanaSinfo

10 ай бұрын

Very cool!

These buses are very nice and fast

@nanaSinfo

11 ай бұрын

Yes, true

Yes please

❣️

All the time you was out of the cab doing your checks the bus was in drive.... Schoolboy error!! 🤣

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great point but I have always said this, we are only human and no one is perfect. I saw this while I was editing and have been waiting and hoping no one spots it but I must say well done. I really appreciate it

@alanholderness6138

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo I worked on the buses for 11 years so let's say I have a "Trained eye" lol. Credit where it's due though, a very interesting video and good to watch.

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

@@alanholderness6138 thx alot

@lushhclub819

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo No devices must be used inside the cab

I have a few questions to ask. When you joined Go Ahead, did you get to choose what garage you went to? Depending where you live? And, when you joined, did you get to choose a route to drive or was it given based on your knowledge. My cousin is a bus driver with Metroline and drives the H98 he said that you cant choose the route and it is randomly assigned. Wondering if it is any different with GA.

@nanaSinfo

Жыл бұрын

They will assign you to a garage but you can choose the garage you want but make sure it's before you leave the training school. And for routes, you will be on spare but you can choose a route you want. Depending on the route, there is a waiting list, that's when we don't know when your turn is

Put in neutral when you leave the cab, saw it you are in gear while you doing walk around check

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

I know bro, well spotted...We should always remember we are all Human and these things happen but we are responsible for our actions at the same time.

Great Vid, were you out of NX? My dad worked there in the 70s and 80s driving mainly the 53s before they went to PD and the 177s

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, NX is my garage. 80s, that's ages ago... Am sure his retired now

@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333

3 жыл бұрын

The 53 was at Go Ahead London? When was the 53 with Go Ahead London?

@richardkeen6965

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333 The 53s were at NX with some out of PD till the early 90s than the allocation moved to PD , my dad drove them from NX up to 82/83

@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardkeen6965 Oh cool

🤣🤣🤣🤣the fact the chief did not care

Great video! Maybe next time without the music so we can hear the engine??

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

Ok, point taking

@rahan573

4 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo I like the music tbh.

@Jared-xf5xl

3 жыл бұрын

@@rahan573 well you can find music on youtube

Can you do some more MMC driving povs??? Please

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully soon, haven't been authorised to do any yet

Do you prefer social distancing reduced capacity or how things were before lockdown?

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

lol, what do you think? London is mad busy now

An empty bus is a Happy bus

yeah

I did this job 25 years ago it was a terrible job back then but it's even worse nowadays

@nanaSinfo

Жыл бұрын

It's probably the same has you left it m8 🤣

That big bastard coach's service brake is hydraulic?

seems fairly time consuming but oh well better make sure everything necessary works and if i work in the same type of job as you and i greet someone in the morning i would say something like: hope the morning treating you well *insert name or just say buddy*

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, it's not that easy to greet everyone... You have to have a heart of gold to achieve that, honestly I don't but when am smiled at or said hi to I always respond back the same way and always appreciate it

@john34261

2 жыл бұрын

well atleast i hope it is a nice way of goodmorning to someone you know by name or saying buddy to a coworker

Well I feel like being a bus driver abellio

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

why not Go Ahead! whats the closest garage to your house?

@adzira06

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I want to be a bus driver because I like to ahead

Hi Nana, I was just wondering when you are driving through the depot do you have to keep your hazard lights on?

@nanaSinfo

Жыл бұрын

No we don't

What was that guy saying about garage and what do you do if there is a issue with the stop button and any issue you report striage away and if like bulb not working ?

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

the fastest way is to go straight to the engineers to let them aware of the issues and the normal way is to log whatever issues the bus as into a device we use to check the buses, these issues will be updated to the engineers via messages and the engineers in real time can come to your bus and fix the issues. if they cant, they wont turn up but they have received your defect.

I'm from the Netherlands and I want to be a bus driver in London. Is it hard to do the training and what do i need to do before I can start the training? (nice video very helpful)

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

In most cases on average it takes about 2 months to become a London bus driver. It's not hard but patience and some driving experience will help you breeze through the training. You only need to have a 1 year old driving licence with less than 6 points (that's here in the UK). My advice will be for you to get a bus licence over the Netherlands before you come so application will be easier but if you can't get a bus licence over there for cost reasons, don't worry the bus companies will get your licence but you pay them back within a year in service.

Have you considered learning other routes from other garages and driving them? I talked to a driver from your garage and he said he drive different night routes every night from different garages and he said it only took him 6 months to get on the night rota, he told me u just gotta he willing to learn as many routes if you wanna get on the night rota fast

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

I know various routes from other garages, Peckham, Camberwell, Morden Wharf and Bexleyheath. Overtime at the moment is rare, other garages won't give you jobs until they have covered their own drivers and my garage won't send you out to another if there is a job available unless on special arrangement. When it comes to getting on night rota, you can only be lucky to get it asap, there is a queue and a very long one.

@HACKERHITMARKER333

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo oh and one other thing, is there such thing as a 'night super spare' driver or is that just considered as a a performance driver/one who gets called to any route where ie a bus breaks down or is running late etcc

@SimStream

2 жыл бұрын

If you want the Night rota then go to Tower Transit, I went there in 2015 and was put straight on the N25, they were begging and pleading for night drivers.

What camera do you use to film these videos?

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

GoPro 7 black

The device is the tranzaura for doing the daily check sign off

@nanaSinfo

8 ай бұрын

You are correct

how many night standby duties are there and are there specific drivers that are allocated to them/ do you do them much

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

I honestly don't have any ideas about stand by to be honest. But am sure there are spare duties and stand by drivers, there are both different

I feel like being a bus driver 😹

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

give it time

@adzira06

3 жыл бұрын

Which bus route will you drive maybe route 197

@southlondoner7169

2 жыл бұрын

@@adzira06 197 isn’t at his garage

My eye sight at night looks similar to the video at 31:18 . Would u recommend driving bus

@nanaSinfo

3 ай бұрын

yes of course... it will add to your experiences

You do N21 and N89 on the same night?

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

I hate engine stop start but at least you have hybrid to get you off the mark while the engine is restarting

@nanaSinfo

10 ай бұрын

You can drive the bus to a max of 10mph on hybrid for a while before the engine kicks in

@Grid56

10 ай бұрын

@@nanaSinfo it does seem to be quite nippy. A long way from the gorgeous Routemaster

How do you remember the routes. I remember i had a start date with stagecoach and I cancelled it last minute. Shat myself thinking il take the passengers the wrong way and get lost

@nanaSinfo

3 ай бұрын

lol, things like that happen. Remember we are only humans and bond to make mistakes. The controllers will adjust you, no problem

What’s your opinion on the 321 route, how is it like to drive? It’s a local to mine and I’d like to know a drivers perspective of it :)

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

The one thing that would make me drive the 321 is because it doesn't go into the city but regarding every other thing, anything you could think of, I honestly wouldn't drive it. Maybe when they upgrade the buses

@MatthewK421

2 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo yeah, the WVLs are a bit meh. Sometimes they allocate EHs, WHVs and in some cases an MHV! I barely see them on the 321 though

@MatthewK421

2 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo the EHs and WHVs are slowly becoming more common within the 321, although for now it seems the WVL is the dominant bus

@HACKERHITMARKER333

Жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo best thing about 321 at NX is the 108D duties, you ever done thiose duties on a late shift

@nanaSinfo

Жыл бұрын

@@HACKERHITMARKER333 no, I don't like the route. Not alot of people do it anyways

Why these buses do not use a LED display? Is it some kind of norm from the city authority to use only that old rollerband display?

@nanaSinfo

7 ай бұрын

Lol, I guess it's mainly because it's a public vehicle. They would want to keep the cost of damages very low.

did u check ur tax disc and ops licence? washers? rear fogs? reversing lights?

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 yes

@lucythemoggy1970

2 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo good man lol

Why you loving in details again ? And did you do the check before your start time ? How long did it take to do your check ?

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

In most cases, you are giving 6mins to Check your bus.

@zaypeaceIslamstories

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo is there any test you have to do after completing all 4 module etc 3 to 5 years if so what is need do you have to do a test again or do medical

how do u make a POV are u allowed to record yourself driving even like that let me know please also can u do one in service ?

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

your not allowed to record yourself. best to seek advice for approval

@HACKERHITMARKER333

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo did your manager allow you

Could I drive buses for london being from another country?

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

I think if you had an European drivers license but now the UK has left the EU, am not sure. Anywhere else won't be valid

@tycnzz

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo thanks man

how many rotas are there for night drivers and would you rather be on a one route night rota or stay on night spares and how long would it take you to be on a one route night rota

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

we have 7 night routes i think @NX and definitely prefer the mix night rota (thats we drive all night routes). there is a waiting list, it took me 3 years to get on the night rota. Thx for stopping by again, London will soon be open

@HACKERHITMARKER333

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo yeah hopefully we can see some bus vids soon, also are night spare drivers allowed to swap shifts?

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, some drivers don't like certain routes. I don't like the 171

@HACKERHITMARKER333

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo oh how comes you dont like 171

@HappyVillageRoutine

2 жыл бұрын

Helo iam here see and help us pleas.💅🎉💞🌹

hey, are u still doing this kind of videos? i'm planning to do this videos but i dont know if its safe to do it nowadays

@nanaSinfo

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is but you have to let your company know you intend too

what route do they put you on the most

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

i drive random routes almost every night but 21, N21 is most popular

@HACKERHITMARKER333

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo can you make a video on duty cards and your shifts they allocate you like show the portal if you can

how do you adjust the steering wheel

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

There is a hiding button below the steering

If you use ANY device in the drivers cab its Summary dismissal.......Gross Misconduct.......

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

where did you train to be a bus driver?

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

I trained @Camberwell bus garage

10:53

10:08 what would happen if a seat is wet?

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

the bus cant leave the garage

@HACKERHITMARKER333

3 жыл бұрын

unwet it

How many routes do you drive in a day?

@nanaSinfo

8 ай бұрын

a maximum of 3 and minimum of 2

THE BUS is near peckam i drive the bus 36 to queen park and 321 to king cross

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

Your a NX driver? Hold up, 321 doesn't go to Kings Cross

Why does it sound like you’re in a hospital when you hear those beep sounds

@nanaSinfo

Жыл бұрын

I guess it's just to keep you awake I guess

Silly question I know but why are the windows security tagged?

@nanaSinfo

Жыл бұрын

It's tagged incase of fire.. if there is a fire you only need to push the tag and the glass will be blown away

@paulsexton2996

Жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo 👍Thankyou

Even buses have auto stop-start now?

@no-kd7vf

3 жыл бұрын

yep. biggest pain in the backside they are because if it stops, it sometimes dont wanna turn back on and you cant be doing that in the middle of the road.

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

Buses in a few years will be electric only and they are also in pains to make buses self driving. we have to wait and see

@mahammad

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah new diesel only buses has start stop feature. Hybrid buses since 2012 I believe has similar start stop, it’s able to drive on electric power from 5-20mph depending on how sensitive you press on the throttle until the engine kicks in.

U do know u skipped/missed a lot out on ur 1st use check?

Are the buses in automatic transmission

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

yes

Is there got to be 115 or n15 in the routes

@nanaSinfo

5 ай бұрын

diversion on bus routes nowadays and road works are making achieving these a bit difficult

@HACKERHITMARKER333

5 ай бұрын

@@nanaSinfohave u drove N15 before

What garage is this

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

New Cross

he for got the rote

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

?

@HACKERHITMARKER333

2 жыл бұрын

he said you forgot the route

OMSI2 irl

@MatthewK421

2 жыл бұрын

the version we wish we had

Are you using gocheck app on phone

@nanaSinfo

7 ай бұрын

No m8. What is gocheck?

What did u guys search to get this

@southlondoner7169

2 жыл бұрын

“Bus driver POV London”

@TheUnknownGamerOffical

2 жыл бұрын

'how to manually open the doors on a London bus'

which make of bus in this?

@nanaSinfo

9 ай бұрын

ADL Enviro 400 MMC Hybrid Fleet

So it's possible to drive 2 different routes on the same shift

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

3 different routes sometimes, yeah

@DaanBBA

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a busdriver in The Netherlands. Over here it is normal to drive multiple routes in one shift. Sometimes up to 7 different routes in one shift (depending on route duration ofcourse).

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaanBBA nah, thats alot. the max i have driven is 3 but 7, thats loads

@DaanBBA

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo Yeah, but we don't have 7 routes on every shift though. We have a mixture of rural, urban, and highway-routes within one shift as well so on some routes the average speed is way up compared to driving in the London citycentre.

what is a eyms bus doing in london

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

eyms?

@joshuagooch7148

4 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo east yorkshire motor service goahead own eastyorkshire

@nanaSinfo

4 жыл бұрын

Really. Go Ahead is everywhere

@dennisdartfan1726

3 жыл бұрын

if you mean at 0:56 although similar, the is not EYMS but Go Ahead London's Commercial Livery! Not all buses are red.

are you from ghana

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, I wish. Am Nigerian

What is the Model of the bus sir?

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

its a Enviro400H Alexander Dennis

@kenesufernandez1281

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo Thank you very much sir.

@kenesufernandez1281

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo Have you ever drive arriva london bus lt2, sir?

@southlondoner7169

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenesufernandez1281 LT2 is at Arriva in East London- he works at GoAhead in Southeast London

@kenesufernandez1281

2 жыл бұрын

@@southlondoner7169 ♥️

Do bus driver has breaks like you doing anything sit a home for bit

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

Am not sure I got your question clear

@LondonTraveller-lw2ic

2 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo DO they have rests going with your family and going to home having relaxation so bus driver have some rest I'm am 13 years old in future I wanna be bus driver just like you?

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

@@LondonTraveller-lw2ic You should always do want you love, it is the route to a happy and successful life. In general the hustle is the same but the figures is the drive.

@HACKERHITMARKER333

Жыл бұрын

i think he was asking about holidays/time off or meal relief times lol

How to drive a bus

i drive 343

@nanaSinfo

3 жыл бұрын

oh yh, thats the Best route at New Cross

@HACKERHITMARKER333

3 жыл бұрын

@@nanaSinfo nah too many side roads and speed humps

@HACKERHITMARKER333

3 жыл бұрын

didnt know messi and ronaldo drives buses

Didn't check your rear break lights

@nanaSinfo

8 ай бұрын

most times I use the mirrors to look behind to watch the lights reflect on any objects behind or I use the reverse cams to see it reflect on the road.

@juliancavendish2535

8 ай бұрын

@nanaSinfo in my depot we have a large mirror as we exit the building we stop there so as we can every thing at the rear or the bus check out brake lights like that

Why that music?

@nanaSinfo

Жыл бұрын

You don't like the music?

Whats a PG9?

@nanaSinfo

8 ай бұрын

Pg9 means a fault with the bus that makes it not drivable

So bad (joke)

@nanaSinfo

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers m8

Good lord, such a long way to drive to get to the start in bexleyheath. When he gets there, the driver must already be exhausted before he even starts his route. Cant they allocate the route to a nearby garage where drivers of such route don’t necessarily drive 9 plus miles to start! Makes no sense!

@nanaSinfo

Жыл бұрын

Well, it depends on certain factors. Garage space, available buses, engineers availability and so on. Trafalgar Square is closest to New Cross and Erith is closest to Bexleyhealth, technically all buses must come to Central London so New Cross is a better option because it's closer. They did say something about sending duties that finishes at Bexleyhealth or Erith to Bexleyhealth bus garage and those the finish at Trafalgar Square to New Cross garage, that makes alot of sense but nothing so far based on any update. One thing is for sure, make sure you get enough rest before you come in because it can be very challenging.

Once your a bus driver you can see how uncivilised some cultures are